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NASB					Matt 23:17 "You fools³⁴⁷⁴ and blind⁵¹⁸⁵ men⁵¹⁸⁵! ^AWhich⁵¹⁰¹ is ¹more³¹⁷³ important³¹⁷³, the gold⁵⁵⁵⁷ or²²²⁸ the ²temple³⁴⁸⁵ that sanctified³⁷ the gold⁵⁵⁵⁷?
AMPLIFIED 2015					Matt 23:17 "You fools and blind men! Which is more important, the gold or the sanctuary of the temple that sanctified the gold? [Ex 30:29]

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Lit greater

Or sanctuary

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Ex 30:29 "You shall also consecrate them, that they may be most holy; whatever touches them shall be holy.

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Greek Heb.

hagiazô; from 40; to make holy, consecrate, sanctify:--hallowed(2), keep himself holy(1), sanctified(16), sanctifies(2), sanctify(7).

2228

ê; a prim. conjunc. used disjunctively or cptv.; or, than:--either(4), nor(1), or(282), or else(4), other than(1), rather(1), rather than(2), than(36), than...or(1), whether(1).

3173

megas; a prim. word; great:--abundant(1), all the more(1), arrogant(1), big(2), completely*(1), fierce(2), great(115), great men(2), great things(2), greater(30), greater things(1), greatest(10), greatly*(1), grown*(1), high(2), huge(1), large(8), larger(2), larger ones(1), long time(1), loud(42), mighty(1), more important(2), older(1), one greater(1), perfectly(2), severe(2), stricter(1), strong(1), surprising(1), terribly(1), too much(1), very much(1), wide(1).

3474

môros; a prim. word; dull, stupid, foolish:--fool(1), foolish(7), foolish things(1), foolishness(1), fools(2).

3485

naos; prob. akin to naiô (to inhabit); a temple:--shrines(1), temple(42), temple sanctuary(1), temples(1).

5101

tis; an interrog. pron. related to 5100; who? which? what?:--anything(1), how(7), how*(2), person(1), something(3), suppose one(2), what(266), what each(1), what*(5), which(24), which one(3), who(128), whom(16), whose(6), why(70), why*(33).

5185

tuphlos; of unc. or.; blind:--blind(34), blind man(10), blind men(5), person...blind(1).

5557

chrusos; a prim. word; gold:--gold(9).

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